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doddering

/dod-er-ing/US // ˈdɒd ər ɪŋ //UK // (ˈdɒdərɪŋ) //

老态龙钟,老态龙钟的,老迈的,老耄

Related Words

tottering颤颤巍巍的,颤颤巍巍,摇摇欲坠的,摇摇晃晃的faltering颤颤巍巍,颤颤巍巍的,颤巍巍的,颤巍巍floundering漫无边际,漫无边际的,漫无目的,方兴未艾trembling瑟瑟发抖,颤颤巍巍,颤巍巍的,颤抖的decrepit颓废的,颓然,颓废,衰败的infirm老弱病残,老弱,体弱的,体弱senile衰老的,老迈的,老态龙钟,老迈shaky摇摇欲坠,摇摇欲坠的,颤颤巍巍的,颤颤巍巍unsteady不稳的,不稳定的,不稳定,不稳weak软弱,弱,软弱无力,薄弱anile阴阳师,阴离子,负离子,阴性dotard骗子

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : shaky or trembling, as from old age; tottering: a doddering old man.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.aged, feeble
Synonyms
faltering颤颤巍巍,颤颤巍巍的,颤巍巍的,颤巍巍floundering漫无边际,漫无边际的,漫无目的,方兴未艾tottering颤颤巍巍的,颤颤巍巍,摇摇欲坠的,摇摇晃晃的trembling瑟瑟发抖,颤颤巍巍,颤巍巍的,颤抖的anile阴阳师,阴离子,负离子,阴性decrepit颓废的,颓然,颓废,衰败的dotard骗子infirm老弱病残,老弱,体弱的,体弱senile衰老的,老迈的,老态龙钟,老迈shaky摇摇欲坠,摇摇欲坠的,颤颤巍巍的,颤颤巍巍unsteady不稳的,不稳定的,不稳定,不稳weak软弱,弱,软弱无力,薄弱

Examples

  • A living, doddering Lee was far less useful to the pitchfork crowd than a hanged, virile Lee would have been.

  • The doddering quality of the entire Reagan presidency certainly gave rise to that notion.

  • Verena was a poor old widow, doddering and shiftless: Charity suspected that she came for her keep.

  • If, on the other hand, he has gone beyond that age we see only a doddering literary future for him.

  • In a second I would have exchanged my youth for the position of this doddering old nobleman who spat blood into a napkin.

  • The old man did nothing unbecoming to his caste, but he stood doddering and longed to die in place of that beautiful youth.

  • Nor is she the woman to make me forget my manhood and pride, to tumble me down doddering at her feet and gibbering like an ape.

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